Thanks Scott... After I get the tent installed, along with the fridge/freezer and storage items for the rear, I plan to take the family on a few excursions up the Blue Ridge Parkway, and up north to the Great Smoky Mtn. national park area. I'm only 2.5 hrs. from Gatlinburg TN, and that mountain will be a good test for the JK when it's loaded down with gear. I want to make some 4-5 day trips out here and make sure everything works like it should, and once I'm comfortable and certain everything is reliable, we're driving it out to Colorado, Utah, Nevada...haven't decided where first. We'll park it in safe storage somewhere near an airport, and fly out every other week or so and hit some scenic trails. Our storage location will change once we've seen all we want to see in that particular area. We'll have about 5 good days to travel and camp while we are out there, with the 6th day being a "get home" day. My goal is to have it "bug-out" ready so the only thing we have to do is hop in and grab some provisions and go! I wish we had more time to stay out, but I figured we could see a lot of country with the time we DO have...especially while our children are excited and want to go. Our window of opportunity for fun family time is now and I don't want to miss it!
Mike...yep, it's a done deal now! lol I considered ARBs. I have Currie 9" axles in my '88 XJ and I love the ARB setup up front. My thought was to have something that could easily be repaired at any dealer should I have a problem. With the stock lockers, I could call my local parts guy in GA and he could locate the unit and have it shipped to a dealer...say in Utah if I'm out that way...and have them make the repair/install. At least that's the thought behind keeping it as original as possible...for serviceability. I won't have their lockers, but I will have their compressor at least! Did you buy that heater in the For Sale forum? I'm looking to buy one of those myself. You'll have to PM me with your thoughts.
I'll be running the Gobi rack and I'll have a HUGE Eezi Awn 2200 tent up top. I'm trying to figure out a way to carry two tandem kayaks up top...maybe a secondary mount, or just lay them on the tent. Anyone have any suggestions? I will eventually have a Chaser trailer or something similar, and that will solve the problem...but for now, I want to be able to carry them without a trailer. I wonder what DOT will say about having that much strapped to the top of the JK?
